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minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoIt’s that it’s very directly targeted at a group of people, would you call someone that’s not gay a <f slur> Faggot ? It’s the implications of “this group of people are inherently bad, and therefore my comparison of you to them is an insult”
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoFaggot is a weird American one so probably not personally but I can easily see context where I wouldn’t be too bothered by it’s usage
minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoThe point ain’t the word, it’s this: It’s the implications of “this group of people are inherently bad, and therefore my comparison of you to them is an insult” Also no, it’s not American, it’s British, they imported it later
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoIt’s more that faggot isn’t really a word I would use not because it’s too offensive to use, but it just seems too American/irrelevant. With the right context I might use gay as a mild insult.
minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 days agoAh, so it’s just that you’re a prick and a homophobic one too, fair
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoHomophobic gays is an interesting concept
minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoAh see that’s different then my gay brethren, we’re allowed to say it cause it applies to us.
It’s that it’s very directly targeted at a group of people, would you call someone that’s not gay a
<f slur>
Faggot
?
It’s the implications of “this group of people are inherently bad, and therefore my comparison of you to them is an insult”
Faggot is a weird American one so probably not personally but I can easily see context where I wouldn’t be too bothered by it’s usage
The point ain’t the word, it’s this:
Also no, it’s not American, it’s British, they imported it later
It’s more that faggot isn’t really a word I would use not because it’s too offensive to use, but it just seems too American/irrelevant.
With the right context I might use gay as a mild insult.
Ah, so it’s just that you’re a prick and a homophobic one too, fair
Homophobic gays is an interesting concept
Ah see that’s different then my gay brethren, we’re allowed to say it cause it applies to us.